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Jeffrey Leffler; Ksenia Zhbanova – Journal of Research Initiatives, 2024
Social studies have been marginalized in early childhood education amid the prevalence of standardized testing and political issues. However, a comprehensive approach to early education, including social studies, is gaining attention. This article emphasizes the significance of incorporating social studies into early childhood curriculum,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Social Studies, Cognitive Development, Social Development
Lee, Carol D. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2021
If schools are to prepare students to participate more productively in civic life, schools will need to ensure that they have opportunities to practice the skills of civic reasoning, argues Carol Lee. Yet schools are challenged by the limits in the curriculum and the difficulty of addressing the different types of prior knowledge that students…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Skill Development, Student Diversity
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Sdunzik, Jennifer; Johnson, Chrystal S.; Kong, Ningning N. – History Teacher, 2021
United States history classrooms have the potential to simultaneously foster an understanding of students' cultures and experiences today in relation to the nation's history and develop critical thinking and technology literacy. Yet classroom materials and instructors tend to avoid, ignore, or misrepresent controversial topics such as race and…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, History Instruction, Academic Achievement, African American History
Nordengren, Chase – NWEA, 2023
This paper describes high quality teaching practices in two schools that produce exceptional growth for all kinds of students. These practices focus on making the most of instructional time and exposing students to high quality content in a variety of contexts. They prove teachers don't need to choose between differentiating to meet students'…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Educational Quality, Student Needs
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Lashley, Conrad – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore current strands in hospitality management education and research, and suggest that future programs should reflect a more social science informed content. Design/methodology/approach: The paper reviews current research in hospitality management education and in the study of hospitality and…
Descriptors: Hospitality Occupations, Cognitive Style, Management Development, Curriculum
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Cullen, Trevor – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2016
There are considerable differences in the structure, content, and delivery of tertiary journalism degrees in Australia as identified in a 2014 Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Innovation and Development Project report on graduate qualities and journalism curriculum renewal. To address this situation, the author argues for journalism capstone…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Units of Study, Journalism Education, Skill Development
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Cassese, Erin C.; Holman, Mirya R.; Schneider, Monica C.; Bos, Angela L. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2015
In this article, we develop an argument for better integrating the political science curricula on methodology with gender politics. We demonstrate how these two areas are presently distinct and nonoverlapping with an analysis of commonly used methodology and women and politics textbooks. We examine the implications of these results for female…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Integrated Curriculum, Skill Development, Learning Activities
Kelly, Andrew P. – Bellwether Education Partners, 2014
The creation of the massive open online course (MOOC), a new form of digital learning, has enthralled some, infuriated others, and changed the conversation about higher education in the United States and abroad. To some, MOOCs herald the dawn of a new era in human capital, one that will mean the end of college as we know it. Enthusiastic observers…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
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Spooner, Fred; Knight, Vicki; Browder, Diane; Jimenez, Bree; DiBiase, Warren – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2011
A comprehensive review of the literature was conducted for articles published between 1985 and May 2009 to (a) examine the degree to which science content was taught to students with severe developmental disabilities and (b) and evaluate instructional procedures in science as evidence-based practices. The review was organized by a conceptual model…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Severe Disabilities
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Blankenship, Dianna; Jones, Irma; Lovett, Marvin – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2010
This paper reviews the need for grant writing skills within various types of organizations and the resulting proposal for including grant writing within business administration curriculum at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels. An introduction precedes the results of a survey regarding current grant writing courses within AACSB schools of…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Improvement, Skill Development, Grantsmanship
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Healey, Ruth L. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2012
Many controversial subjects characterize geography in the 21st century. Issues such as climate change, sustainability and social exclusion generate much discussion and often involve clear differences in opinion of how they might be addressed. Higher education is an important space for critical engagement with challenging issues. Preparing for and…
Descriptors: Geography, Critical Thinking, Social Isolation, Climate
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Krumer-Nevo, Michal; Weiss-Gal, Idit; Monnickendam, Menachem – Journal of Social Work Education, 2009
Despite the profound commitment of social work toward people living in poverty, the social work profession has failed to develop practice based on awareness of poverty. This article shows the ways in which poverty became a marginal issue in social work practice, reviews the literature on teaching poverty in international context, and then…
Descriptors: Poverty, Social Work, Consciousness Raising, Teaching Methods
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Freeman, Lynne; Spanjaard, Daniela – Journal of Marketing Education, 2012
This article challenges the content of most marketing research courses whereby students are indoctrinated into the qualitative-then-quantitative archetype commonly found in scholarly research, under the assumption that it is both sufficient and appropriate when equipping students with the necessary skills for business. By following this standard…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Ethnography, Research Methodology, Marketing
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Galletly, Carol; Lechuga, Julia; Layde, Joseph B.; Pinkerton, Steven – Academic Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: The authors identify the explicit and implicit objectives that shape decisions about what medical schools teach regarding human sexuality. Methods: The authors reviewed relevant articles in journals, physician licensing examinations, and publications by professional organizations to identify learning objectives for human sexuality in…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Schools, Educational Objectives, Physicians
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Babu, Suresh Chandra; Ferguson, Jenna; Parsai, Nilam; Almoguera, Rose – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
This paper documents the experience and lessons from implementing an e-learning program aimed at creating research capacity for gender, crisis prevention, and recovery. It presents a case study of bringing together a multidisciplinary group of women professionals through both online and face-to-face interactions to learn the skills needed to be a…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Females, Research Skills
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